Aschaffenburg ES/JHS History
Opened: 1948
Closed: 1995
Aschaffenburg American Elementary School and Junior High School was located in northwestern Bavaria in the sub-district of Franconia, approximately thirty-five miles from Frankfurt, Germany. The buildings were located near the housing areas within the city of Aschaffenburg.
For the 1953-54 school year, the principal was Thomas Barlow, and there were 331 students in grades one through eight.
The school facilities consisted of one main building of eighteen classrooms, seven prefabricated classrooms and six modular classrooms on the same site. The school used the military gymnasium for physical education. The main buildings also had a library, teachers’ lounge, nurse’s room, resource specialists’ rooms, counselor’s office, and a supply room.
The last years of the school the students were housed in Aschaffenburg, but their sponsors were stationed at Babenhausen, ten miles away. Many specialists were shared with other schools.
The first yearbook for the school was published for the 1979-80 school year. The 1980-81 yearbook was titled Freundshaft, which means friendship. There were 750 students enrolled in grades kindergarten through eight. The faculty consisted of five junior high teachers, twenty-six elementary teachers, and nine specialists. The yearbook featured student writing and school photos. The administration for the 1980-81 school year was Dr. Boyd Reynolds, principal, and Ms. Carrie Peat, assistant principal.
The school had regular activities including assemblies and presentations to promote holidays and programs such as Native American Week. Annual events were the German/American Carnival and field trips to local German locales such as the Wurzburg Residenz, Schonbusch Park, and the water castle in Mespelbrunn.
Dr. James Halley was the principal for the 1984-85 school year, and his assistants were deputy principal Carrie Peat and Education Program Manager Essie Grant. School activities included clubs for skiing, audio-visual, drama, computers, personal development, puppetry, chess, jazz, calligraphy, and crocheting. The school had a beginning and advanced band as well as a chorus. A school newspaper was published and students participated in intramural sports.
The administration for the 1990-91 school year was principal Jean Silvernail, assistant principal Ruthe Hatcher, and education program manager Heidi Tobin.
The school enrollment ranged from 750 to about 1,000 students but decreased to 160 students for the 1993-94 school year. At this time the school had grades K–6.
The school closed after the 1994-95 school year.
Information from DoDDS School Information Guides and school yearbooks